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* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Novgorod boyars are depicted as a corrupt and cowardly lot, willing to sell out the city to the enemies. Prince Alexander is an exception -- mainly because, in the movie, he is portrayed as a hero of the common folk.

* [[Badass Beard]]: Alexander, and, what the heck, almost the entire Russian army. The Teutonic Knights are all clean-shaven, which is a [[Did Not Do the Research|departure from history]]: their rule ''required'' them to sport a [[Beard of Evil]].

* [[Beam Me Up Scotty]]: A variation of the phrase "all who draw the sword will die by the sword", tends to be attributed to Alexander since it appears in the movie. In reality, there is no mention of him ever saying it in public, and the phrase is actually attributed to [[Jesus]].

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: A variation of the phrase "all who draw the sword will die by the sword", tends to be attributed to Alexander since it appears in the movie. In reality, there is no mention of him ever saying it in public, and the phrase is actually attributed to [[Jesus]].

* [[Black and White Morality]] + [[Obviously Evil]]: You ''immediately'' tell the bad guys from the good ones.

* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Not a single drop of blood is shed in the film, despite an impressive body count. Perhaps due to a [[Special Effects Failure]], as it was much more difficult to create realistic gore 70 years ago.

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* [[Patriotic Fervor]]: Hell, yeah. Although it's useful to consider that it was a very unusual thing at that time and place.

* [[Popcultural Osmosis]]: The enormously successful film cemented the Battle on the Ice in Russian imagery. Most later takes on the subject (paintings, historical novels, ''etc''.) drew more on Eisenstein's film than on scant historical sources.

** Also, few people in Russia know about the Biblical origins of the famous "die by the sword" quote. And it's [[Beam Me Up Scotty|very often misquoted]].

** Also, few people in Russia know about the Biblical origins of the famous "die by the sword" quote. And it's [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|very often misquoted]].

* [[Proper Lady]]: Olga Danilova.

* [[Putting On the Reich]]: [http://movieblog.ugo.com/cm/ugo/images/alexander-nevsky-teutons.jpg The helmets] worn by the Teutonic soldiers resemble exaggerated versions of German soldiers' ''Stahlhelm'' from the 20th century. And the archbishop wears a mitre [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Nevski5.jpg with swastikas!] Quite possibly the earliest example of the trope (five years after [[Those Wacky Nazis]] took power).

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** In the novel ''[[Red Storm Rising]]'', this film is shown on Russian TV shortly before the main [[False Flag Operation]] (detonating a bomb at the Kremlin and blaming [[West Germany]]).

** ''[[First Squad]]'' has the [[Ghostapo]] raising the spirits of some Teutonic knights to fight the Russians on a frozen lake.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Despite heavily fictionalizing the story and throwing in a few inaccuracies [[Author Tract|for ideological reasons]], the writers took pains to research the period. For instance, a Teutonic monk is playing an organ during the battle: this [[Reality Is Unrealistic|was taken from the Livonian Chronicle]], albeit it really happened [[Very Loosely Based On a True Story|in another battle]].

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Despite heavily fictionalizing the story and throwing in a few inaccuracies [[Author Tract|for ideological reasons]], the writers took pains to research the period. For instance, a Teutonic monk is playing an organ during the battle: this [[Reality Is Unrealistic|was taken from the Livonian Chronicle]], albeit it really happened [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|in another battle]].

* [[Sorting Algorithm of Villain Threat]]: Prince Alexander decides that the Knights represent a greater threat than the Mongols.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: The Knights' helmets emphasize grasping eagle talons or animal horns.

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